Investments, Funding & M+A

USA – Videojet Technologies, a global leader in Marking and Coding solutions has partnered with Loftware to change the paradigm for how companies automate printing…

MEXICO – Paper-based packaging solutions provider Smurfit Kappa has invested $23.5 million to upgrade its Nuevo Laredo sheet plant in Mexico to a fully integrated…

NORTH AMERICA – Huhtamaki North America has announced plans to expand its molded fiber product manufacturing unit in the city of Hammond, Indiana, as part…

UK – UK-based bulk packaging specialist Fenton Packaging has invested more than US$1.23 million in relocating to a 65,000 sq. ft. site in Leeds and…

USA – American Packaging Corporation (APC) has announced that it’s opening a new 275,000-square-foot Center of Excellence manufacturing facility in Cedar City, Utah. APC purchased…

CANADA – Circular Plastic Taskforce (CPT) has partnered with US-based digital watermarking solution provider Digimarc in a ‘first in North America’ initiative to enhance sortation…

AFRICA – Dow has announced the expansion of its Project REFLEX initiative in Egypt and Guinea, following a successful pilot phase in Nigeria. Dow has…

IRELAND – Irish packaging distribution giant Zeus has acquired two UK packaging companies, Swanline Group and its sister company BoxMart, in a €25 million deal.…

KENYA – Ramco Plexus, the print and packaging unit of Kenya based Ramco Group, has received unconditional regulatory approval to take full control of Platinum…

MALAWI – Southern African plastic manufacturer Arkay Plastics has received additional investment from international private equity firm Spear Capital to facilitate its expansion in new…